The cold war was a long and tense time in American and European history. ... We were also tested in many ways: the Korean and Vietnam wars, the bloody wars for independence in countries such as Indonesia and Angola, and my current topic, the Cuban missile crisis. ... It's quite honestly the closest we got to an actual war in the cold war, and it tested the lines drawn by the two colliding superpowers of the world at that time, the United States and the Soviet Union. ... The Soviets also began to test their nuclear arms once again (956). ... Hopefully this time in history will help prevent...

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When you look at History you might just think that history does repeat itself, probably thinking of the First World War and Second World War, because that is what I thought at first, but then I looked deeper and realized that I was completely wrong, history does not repeat itself. ... History is the written records of the past, but there can be more than one version of the event. ... On August 6 1945 the U.S.A who, for the first time in history, used atomic bombs to bomb Hiroshima, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the atomic bomb had never been used before and it's affects had neve...

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At that time in history the Cold War was at its prime state and America's fear of the Communists was at an all time high. ... Another major concern for the United States was that they were no longer alone in the nuclear market because they had learned that the Soviet Union had also created and tested atomic bombs. ... When they tested Semyorka with a dummy warhead, it was destroyed while entering back into the earth's atmosphere. ... One thing that really came of age during this point in history that would be impossible to ignore is the threat of spies and what that particular fear ...

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The nuclear bomb was developed in Manhattan project during the WW II and was successfully tested in the New Mexico on July 16 1945. ... [WWW document]. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n25nuc.html Nuclear History at the National Security Archive [WWW document]. ...

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Nuclear Weapons History. ... During the 1950s multi megaton nuclear warheads were tested above ground. ... (2) If nations cannot test nuclear weapons, they cannot build nuclear weapons. ... Forgotten was that one of the two types of nuclear weapons dropped in Japan had never been tested and the other type worked at Trinity during its first test. ... Israel is believed to have a stockpile of nuclear weapons without having tested nuclear weapons...

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In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Four square miles of the city was reduced to rubble and more than 80,000 innocent civilians were killed on impact. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days...

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Theodore Roosevelt History, to me, is all of the events that make a person, or a society, who they are. ... History affects every person. ... From 1895-1970, America had some of history's greatest leaders. ... The U.S. had successfully tested an atomic bomb in the desert of New Mexico. He wrote in his diary, "We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world". ...

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The Manhattan Project was notably one of the most imperative elements of American History. ... Essentially, in the end, it was President Truman's decision to use and test the atomic weaponry on the Japanese cities. ...

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When at the Potsdam meeting with Stalin and Churchill, Truman received word of the great success of the Trinity test. ... With the dropping of the atomic bomb, American's got their revenge, and World War II was on its way to becoming a part of history. ...

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Both of these recognize the need to change, but pursue to implement changes that tested the developed interests of their own communist parties. ... Even though both reforms seemed to have potential and even had some similarities, only one ended triumphant after its establishment and unfortunately, Gorbachev's failed; Staying in history as an attempt of incorporating a new economic system and actually collapsing the Soviet Union. Although both men were equally creative, innovative and powerful only Xiaoping became one of the greatest peaceful transformation leaders in human history....

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Even so, by campaigning his wartime record and his past history, Truman won the primary of the election. ... Next, Truman tested his luck in the Senate. ... Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. ...

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On Joseph's way to power he went through a lot of difficult and testing times. ... Stalin changed the whole world's perception of USSR and for the first time in history Russia was getting influence in Europe and was incorporated with a lot of European events. ...

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They would observe the actions of a particular individual or group of individuals and test them secretly with out them knowing. ... The new initiated persons are shown the history of the secret society. ...

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Both Kennedy and Johnson had begun to institute talks on weapons testing and proliferation, but Détente, as a policy, was pursued much more vigorously with Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger (Penna, par. 2). ...

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The Cold War is a difficult term to define. It is a term used to describe the conflict between the U.S and Russia during the post-war period. However, there was no actual fighting between the two, just threats and anti-opposition propaganda. Another problem with the Cold war is that because it ...

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There are very few works devoted to this important part of women's history, and the ones that exist are primary sources "mostly collections of personal narratives of those women who served. ... Scholarly articles were practically non-existent in history journals "most appeared in nursing journals and focused more on the medical aspects. ... Many nurses felt if they could withstand the tests of the war, they could handle any of their responsibilities or trying situations back home. ...

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" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. ... In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world....

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...

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